Forum: Diavlog comments
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Forum: Diavlog comments
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-19-2010, 04:51 PM
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Re: Bomb Iran? (Flynt Leverett & Reuel Gerecht)
I think you err. Once Iran is a nuclear power, there is no "limited" strike capability. After Iran is nuclear, all the military options do involve "100,000 civilian deaths". That's the whole point...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
08-19-2010, 04:15 PM
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Re: Bomb Iran? (Flynt Leverett & Reuel Gerecht)
I don't understand why so many commenters here think that a bombing campaign against Iranian nuclear sites will result in 1) 100,000 civilian deaths and/or 2) a ground war. It seems to me that both...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-15-2010, 12:55 AM
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Re: Focus on Skepticism
Sure, but do you understand the difference between a newspaper article and a proven fact? It seems to me that the complaint against Exxon/Mobil is an allegation, not a proven fact. But lets assume...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-14-2010, 11:08 AM
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Re: Focus on Skepticism
Friend, I said nothing about political assertions. My skepticism is rooted in personally observing the failure to produce good research "product" at my own government funded lab, and extrapolating...
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Forum: Diavlog comments
02-13-2010, 03:45 PM
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Focus on Skepticism
Useful Anecdote: I work for a government research lab. A huge problem I see with all research science at my lab is careerism. For example, our organization is replete with people who have made...
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